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Well, if I ask "option A or B?" and the computer rolls a boolean, it can still count as a decision but no context was taken in.

Any given state of a program is only a "decision" if a human intends it to be. That's the point of programming.

I think we're often dealing with people too fascinated with science fiction to get them to accept that LLMs are software.

What is the defining feature of human minds making them "not software"?

If there is ever a prize for the most HN-ish comment ever, and you don't win it for this, it will be a considerable injustice.

I meant it seriously though.

Characterizing the difference between humans and AI is going to be important.

Pointing out that AI is software isn't helpful in answering that question.

No they can’t. The author’s point is these are computer programs written by humans. It doesn’t matter if they’re LLM backed or not.

If I write a program:

if (rand() % 2) launch_missles();

And wire that function to actually launch a missile, the computer didn’t make a decision. And so it is with people prompting agents.

I love being downvoted for being objectively correct!